Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post 29 Election 2018 Results

Officer elections were held during the Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post 29 June 20, 2018 general membership meeting. Installation of the newly elected officers will take place after the American Legion Department of Oklahoma Summer Conference July 13-15 2018 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The date for the Installation of New Officers is set for the July 19, 2018 Post 29 general membership meeting . The election results were as follows:

Commander               Claude F. Bates, Jr.
1st Vice Commander  Miguel Aguilar 
2nd Vice Commander Tony Crisel 
3rd Vice Commander  Richard Limon    
Finance Officer           Gedaliah Scharold
Judge Advocate          Charles Crisel 
Executive Committee Chairmen Tom Buckley, Jim Marsh, Red Redmond 
Veteran Service Officer William S. Trice II

Congratulations to all Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post 29's Officers elect.

Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post 29 Flag Day June 14, 2018

Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post 29 Commander Claude F. Bates, Jr.

during Post 29's June 14, 2018 Flag Day Ceremony in Lawton, Oklahoma  

“A Flag may be a flimsy bit of printed gauze, or a beautiful banner of finest silk. Its intrinsic value may be trifling or great; but its real value is beyond price, for it is a precious symbol of all that we and our comrades have worked for, lived for, and died for: a free Nation of free men, true to the faith of the past, devoted to the ideals and practice of Justice, Freedom and Democracy," ~ Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post 29 Commander Claude F. Bates, Jr. during the June 14, 2018 Unserviceable Flag Ceremony held in front of the Post 29 building in Lawton, Oklahoma. The purpose of The American Legion in adopting this ceremony was to encourage proper respect for the Flag of the United States and to provide for disposal of unserviceable flags in a dignified manner. The ceremony has been an integral part of American Legion ritual since it was adopted the during the 19th National Convention of The American Legion held in New York, Sept. 20-23, 1937. 

Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post 29 3rd Vice Commander

 Richard Limon visits with members of  the Lawton, Ok community 

Lowery-Whitehead invited members of the Lawton Fort Sill community to attend the Unserviceable Flag Ceremony and to enjoy a community cook out afterwards. Sons of the American Legion Squadron 29 member Junior Mendietta manned the grill and served up hamburgers for the public to enjoy while members of the post visited with those in attendance.  American Legion Post 29 hopes to see this tradition grow as in continues in the future. For more information about Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post 29  contact the post in person: 605 SW 11th St. in Lawton, Oklahoma, by phone (580) 353-5015, email: AmericanLegionLawton@gmail.com. or visit: facebook.com/AmericanLegionLawton. Find more photos of Post 29's 2018 Flag Day by visiting: our online photo album